Should so-called oligarchs have any place in democracies?

Should unelected people have any place in the democratic process of government? In Britain there was a man called Cummings who made the news during the pandemic, and now in America there is the non-American man of the moment who has his own media platform, Elon Musk.

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Richard65 · M

Cummings was a strategist hired by PM Johnson as an advisor. He at least had some political legitimacy as the PM employed him. Cummings did become too influential, but Musk is just a rich businessman looking to cosy up to the POTUS by bribing him with donations in return for favourable employment legislation. He's effectively a lobbyist for his own profit. There's a difference between someone like Cummings and a grifter like Musk.

514Kra · 22-25, F

@Richard65 POTUS? What does this mean?

Richard65 · M

@514Kra President Of The United States. Americans often shorten it to the acronym POTUS